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Congratulations to Olympique Lyonnais

Founded in 1958, Al Shabab Al Arabi club is celebrating under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum its 50th anniversary and has seized this opportunity to launch a full year of celebrations.

The celebrations will start with a gala game on the 30th of May 2008 between Al Shabab Club and Olympique Lyonnais.

Olympique Lyonnais clinched yesterday their seventh French League title in a row after its win against Auxerre (3-1) – a performance no European club managed to achieve. The French club is also qualified for the National Cup Final that will take place on the 24th of May in Paris.

The chairman of the club H.E Dr.Ahmad Saeed bin Hazeem expresses his congratulations to Olympique Lyonnais for these achievements and says: “Olympique Lyonnais is a club we have to be inspired by and we hope to be as successful as they are. It would be great for our anniversary game to have both clubs champions”.

Olympique Lyonnais sealed their seventh successive Ligue 1 crown after winning 3-1 at AJ Auxerre to hold off the challenge of second-placed FC Girondins de Bordeaux.
Lyon went into the game with a two-point cushion over Bordeaux, but it was a lead that had been whittled away over recent weeks after being a lot more commanding for most of the season. Goals in the first ten minutes from Karim Benzema and Fred settled any nerves Lyon might have had before the season's final round of fixtures kicked off. Kim Källström added a third six minutes after half-time and not even a late Frédéric Thomas effort could take the gloss off the win and title triumph. Lyon now have the chance to complete the first double in their history against Paris Saint-Germain FC next weekend.

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